IIT Kanpur start-up hosts first batch of agritech entrepreneurship development program

The training programme witnessed participation from all over India, that include startups, individuals working on projects, MSME representatives, engineers, MBA, and agriculture graduates, and Farmer Producer Organisations.

To strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in agritech sector, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, through its technology business incubator Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), organised an in-depth training on agritech-entrepreneurship development under the Advanced ESDP Program, in collaboration with AgroNXT Services.  

The initiative was supported by the Ministry of Mirco, Small, and Medium Enterprises. The first batches under the five-day program were hosted from February 6 to 10 at IIT Kanpur’s Outreach Centre, Noida. 

The training programme witnessed participation from all over India, that include startups, individuals working on projects, MSME representatives, engineers, MBA, and agriculture graduates, and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).  

Next batch of program from February 13

More than 120 people registered for the first batch of the agritech entrepreneurship development program. The program laid emphasis on several important aspects of entrepreneurship in specific sectors, and provided access to practical business knowledge frameworks that can enable the entrepreneurs to turn ideas into successful businesses. Selected ideas under the program will get access to funding opportunities from the Ministry of MSME. The next batch of the program are starting from February 13. 

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